Adolescents, or youth and young adults ages 12–24, face a number of challenges in accessing quality health care services that meet their unique needs. Members of our Adolescent Health and Well-being research portfolio are committed to understanding and addressing those needs in fou...
At PolicyLab, our care for children and families drives our research, informing practice and policy to improve child health. Read more about our research, process, resources, partnerships, and team in our brochure.
The Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic (GSDC) was founded in January 2014 and with our exciting growth over last few years we are pleased to share with you our second Annual Update. The clinic team provides medical care and psychosocial support for gender non-conforming and ...
This guide identifies practices and techniques to be employed by Camden Coalition's Care Teams with patients to establish an Authentic Healing Relationship (AHR). It can be used to track progress in supporting patients to reach their goals. The practices and techniques below are no...
This represents the full agenda of PolicyLab participation in the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., May 6-9. You can find the abstracts for each of the PolicyLab researchers participating in the meeting presented in chronological order.
The transition from pediatric to adult health care systems can be daunting for anyone, but is especially challenging for young people with intellectual disabilities or other special health care needs. These youth and young adults face numerous challenges while navigating the transi...
Despite availability and routine recommendation of these vaccines, approximately 42,000 adults and 300 children in the United States still die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases. While ongoing vaccination programs help to keep these diseases at bay, some vaccine-preventabl...
The Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic (GSDC) was founded in January 2014 and with our exciting growth over last few years we are pleased to share with you our first Annual Update. The clinic team provides medical care and psychosocial support for gender non-conforming and t...
PolicyLab's new study publishd in Health Affairs comes at an important time: financing for CHIP is scheduled to end in 2017 unless Congress reappropriates funding. PolicyLab is committed to contributing research highlighting the importance of CHIP and Medicaid for children and fami...
In Philadelphia, a 2004 survey conducted by Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) showed 48% of early childhood programs reported having suspended or expelled at least one child over the course of a year due primarily to behavioral concerns, such as poor emotional regulatio...
